He essayed rural land dispute settlement mechanisms in ethiopia focusing on one of the founding blocks of good rural land dispute settlement mechanisms namely accessibility of rural land dispute settling organs and he also recommends further researches to be carried out regarding that issue. The case of abunzi mediators traditional authority and modern hegemony. The research was conducted in kedida gamelo woreda and it was purposively selected. A traditional conflict resolution system used in oromia, ethiopia water is so easy to take for granted. The customary dispute resolution mechanisms of ethiopia are playing an important role in. Pdf traditional conflict resolution mechanisms among ambo. The paper is not intended to delve into the nature and causes of conflicts in ambo town. Grassroots conflict assessment of the somali region, ethiopia. Neither are they clashes between states, nor are they conventional. Traditional conflict resolution institutions in ethiopia among the traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, gada is the first one in the regional state of oromiya. Herb to the allafrica conference on african principles of conflict resolution and reconciliation which was held from the 8th until the 12th of november 1999 in addis ababa, ethiopia. Traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in ethiopia giday degefu koraro ethiopian international institute for peace and development, 2000 conflict management 204 pages. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and institutions kariuki muigua abstract this paper discusses traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and institutions among african societies, and their relevance in kenya today.
An exploration of how formalisation and codification of local traditional and foreign modern. Gadaa, indigenous institution, oromo, conflict resolution, awash river basin, borana. Pdf major features of indigenous conflict resolution. In order to integrate mezard indigenous conflict resolution mechanism with the formal court. Conflict is natural, it is in inevitable and in alienable from human beings. Popular dispute resolution mechanisms in ethiopia accord. Conflict resolution implies that conflict is bad hence something bad. Download pdf traditionalconflictresolutionmechanismin. Ethiopian devotion conflict resolution ethiopian news. Ethiopian customary dispute resolution mechanisms african. Traditional coflict resolution institutions in ethiopia of the traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, gada is. The study on which this article is based was aimed at describing the role of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms for maintaining social solidarity and strengthening communities in alefa.
Accepted 28 march, 2011 a study was conducted on institutions of conflict resolution in the northern afar administration. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information about their conflicting motives or ideologies to the rest of group e. Gadais a system of classes luba that succeeded each other every eight years in assuming military, economic and spiritual responsibilities. Hopefully, the study will act as a reference for policy makers, researchers, education, and development. Conflict over natural resources, competition to gain power, conflict to take revenge are some sources of conflict. The role of traditional institutions in political change. The central objective of this paper is to examine the attitude and practice of ambo town people towards traditional conflict resolution mechanisms visavis the modern court system. Indigenous mechanisms for the prevention and resolution of conflict. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms in kaffa.
Conflict management and resolution mechanisms, ethiopia the production system is based on livestock with minimal involvement of crop agriculture. Traditional approaches to conflict transformation potentials and limits volker boege 1. Download pdf traditionalconflictresolutionmechanism. Peacemaking in the afar region of ethiopia from war to peace and reconciliation in darfur, sudan. Shortage of time, finance and other constraints bear. The westernised dispute resolution mechanism bases itself on the. Putting it differently, both conflicting parties are winners in their proceeding.
Ethiopia has been practicing various indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms for many centuries. An assessment of indigenous conflict resolution mechanism. Indigenous conflict management and resolution mechanisms. Pdf traditional conflict resolution mechanisms among. Conflicts in ambo are emanated from various sources.
In the traditional setting, conflicts were solv ed by traditional elders whereas today, conflict management is as a result of increased interdependence among actors and complexity of issues that underlie the interests leading to conflict which under rates the role played by the traditional. Indigeneious conflict resolution mechanism in ethiopia. You go to the grocery store to buy drinking water, only to be confused over which of the 30 brands of water tastes the best. Ethiopia was engaged in a number of armed conflicts inside and out of its territory. Indigenous conflict resolution institutions indigenous conflict resolution institutions are made by the people and derive their legitimacy from.
Download traditionalconflictresolutionmechanisminnortheastethiopi ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Integrating traditional and modern conflict resolution. Objectives of the study the proposed research has the following general and specific objectives. It shares borders with the regional states of oromia, afar, benishangul, and tigray. Pdf roles of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms. These factors, inter alia, are associated with competition over grazing land and water resources, boundary conflicts on farm lands, problems of access to water irrigation, sense of superiority, and. However, local conflict resolution mechanisms could be of a great importance even within the international scene. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and institutions. Introduction long before africa was colonised, and way beyond the advent of slave trade, african societies had institutional mechanisms as well as cultural sources to uphold the values of peace, tolerance, solidarity and.
The study has further more attempted to assess the interactions of gogottakokatta traditional institutions with other customary and formal conflict resolution institutions. Conflict and alternative dispute resolution among the afar. He is in this paper concerned with integrating indigenous approaches with national and international mechanisms for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Indigenous conflict management and resolution mechanisms on. Conflict management and resolution mechanisms, ethiopia figure 1. Ppt indigeneious conflict resolution mechanism in ethiopia. Pdf on jan 1, 2016, daniel mekonnen and others published major features of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms in ethiopia find. Profile of the region afar regional states located in the northeast of ethiopia, is structured into 5 zones and 29 wereda and 339 kebele.
The majority of the respondents were male because of cultural reasons and because of males being the family head in most of the pastoral. The region has an area of 161,828 square kilometers and a population of 17,205,000. In view of the fact that, in the northeast, the state has a relatively weak presence, traditional mechanisms for conflict resolution are ideally placed to offer an alternative which is in keeping with community values and promotes the rehabilitation of community members who fail to respect established norms. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms among ambo.
It is due to the fact that traditional conflict resolution mechanisms are vital as they results in a winwin consequence. More often than not, conflict in the area arises owing to a range of things such as grazing land. The role of traditional leaders in conflict management in. The afar also live in the northern part of djibouti and in the costal region in eritrea south of the bori. Having looked at the above three approaches of conflict intervention mechanisms, this study employed conflict management to analyze the conflict situations related mareko and silte ethnic groups. Internally, there was a political crisis in the empire, especially. A traditional institution of conflict resolution in oromiya zone of amhara regional state, ethiopia. Traditionalconflictresolutionmechanisminnortheastethiopi download traditionalconflictresolutionmechanisminnortheastethiopi ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Profile of the region and the selected study area amhara region is located in the northern and northwestern parts of ethiopia. The political center of amhara is bahir dar, which is 565 kilometers from. Customary dispute resolution mechanisms in ethiopia. Whenever conflict arises, the people of sidama have their own mechanisms of solving problems. Indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms among the kembata. Indigenous conflict resolution mechanism is helpful for.
The use of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms in ethiopia is deeply rooted in the custom, culture and tradition of various ethnic groups, which could play a big role in resolving violent conflict. The role of traditional institutions in modern ghana what are traditional institutions. In this paper, the phrase refers to all those forms of social and political authority. Therefore, there is a gap on the traditional mechanisms for resolving conflict particularly land conflict in tanzania. This volume contains the papers presented at the conference ethiopian and german contributions to conflict management and resolution of november 2005, addis ababa.
Traditional leaders play a vital role in local and grassroots communities in relation to socioeconomic development and the administration of. Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms among ambo woreda. The role of traditional institutions in political change and.
Conclusions 60 endnotes 61 bibliography 66 appendix 1. Development politics publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. Available conflict management resources 25 traditional conflict management mechanisms and social capital 25 state conflict management mechanisms 27 the role of religion and sharia 27 vii. Conflict and alternative dispute resolution among the afar pastoralists of ethiopia kelemework tafere reda mekelle university, p. Traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in ethiopia. It simply explains the attitude of ambo town people towards those mechanisms of conflict resolution. Highlighting the traditional precolonial institutions and methods of conflict resolution in the kom community of cameroon. Indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms among the oyda. Traditional mechanisms of resolving conflicts over land. There are various indigenous institutions in ethiopia that have their own customary methods of settling conflicts. Indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms among the. Click download or read online button to traditionalconflictresolutionmechanisminnortheastethiopi book pdf for free now. Traditional conflict resolution as a better option to. The aim of this conference was to bring researchers and those working in the practical field of conflict resolution together, before the background of renewed internal and international conflict.
Click download or read online button to get traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in ethiopia book now. Traditional coflict resolution institutions in ethiopia of the traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, gada is the first one in the regional state of oromiya. An assessment of indigenous conflict resolution mechanism of. Conflict management schema results the respondents ranged from as young as seventeen to over seventy years old in shinile zone. The study on which this article is based was aimed at describing the role of indigenous conflict. Reaching harmony across indigenous and mainstream roles of.
On the other hand, their role in land administration is so important that it does need to be more regularised and regulated. Hybrid violent conflicts, hybrid political orders many of todays largescale violent conflicts in the global south cannot be perceived as conventional wars any longer. For example, tsega 2005 conducted his study on luba basa and harama hodha. The case of arsi oromo with special reference to dodolla district and its environments. Rural land dispute settlement mechanisms in tigray. The clan system as a conflict multiplier and positive social capital 22 the precarious situation of youth 23 information and misinformation 24 vi. Paper presented at the ethiopian chapter of ossrea second annual workshop theme. The major goal of this study was to assess the role of indigenous institutions in handling settling conflicts in the kembata people in kembatatembaro zone in the southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state snnprs. Cultural processes of conflict resolution in ghana traditional conflict resolution is a structured political, judicial and arbitration mechanism. Indigenous systems of conflict resolution in oromia, ethiopia. Traditional conflict resolution as a better option to court. Indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms in ethiopia are one of the conflict management mechanisms to resolve intra and interethnic conflict. An assessment of indigenous conflict resolution mechanism of mezard in rural alamata woreda, tigray national regional state, ethiopia yonas berhe masters thesis politics international politics topic. Ethiopia is a country in which various ethnic groups.
The issue of conflict and its resolution is further elaborated by referring to practical examples from the different nations and nationalities of ethiopia. The role of sidama indigenous institutions in conflict. This site is like a library, use search box in the. Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms in kaffa society. The majority of the population are pastoralists tezera 1998 and about 1525 per cent are agropastoralists, while less than five per cent are. Among the traditional conflict resolution mechanisms in ethiopia are arbitration among amhara and tigray, arara in kereyu, jarsuma in some parts of oromia, otuba in sidama, gerad in somali and gereb in afar. Due to this human beings have been trying to solve. Five cases of traditional mechanisms for conflict resolution. This paper tries to fill the gap by examining on the traditional mechanisms in resolving land conflict among the gorowa community of northern tanzania. Instead, mechanisms should be sought to learn from the lubas, elders who are knowledgeable in the gadaa system, about the customary mechanisms of conflict resolution so as to integrate them in enacting or implementing statutory laws. Pdf roles of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms for. Reaching harmony across indigenous and mainstream roles. Disputes are often sharpened or even triggered by glaring social, political and. Addis ababa, the ethiopian arbitration and conciliation centre.